Harness-tug loop



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S. D. HARRIS. HARNESS TUG LOOP.

No. 408,104. PatentedJuly so, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL D. HARRIS, OF MIDDLETOTVN, CONNECTICUT.

HARNESS-TUG LOOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 408,104, dated July 30, 1889.

Application filed April 1,1889

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL D. HARRIS, of Middletown, in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Harness-Tug Loops; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be afull, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in

Figure 1, a side view with straps attached; Fig. 2, a face view; Fig. 3, a vertical section cutting through one of the arms of the tugloop.

This invention relates to an improvement in harn ess-tug loops, and particularly to that class of loops which are formed from metal in contradistinction to loops of more common use, which are formed from leather; and the invention consists in the peculiar formation of the loop and buckle to which it is attached, as more fullyhereinafter described, and particularly recited in the claim.

The tug-loop is made from metal, preferably cast and formed in two parts A B, each part constructed with a downward projection to from the lower edge, and in each projection is a transverse slot b. At the upper end of each part is a projection c, from which extend two arms (1 (Z, the said arms (Z (Z (Z d each formed with a horizontal semicircular groove 6. The positions of the arms (I (Z cl (1 and the projections a co are such that when the two parts are placed together the grooved arms at the top form bearings, by which the loop may be hinged to the buckle, and the slots 1) b at the lower end form a loop for the introduction of a strap. The two parts are secured together by screws or rivets to complete the loop.

The buckle consists of a rectangular metal frame C, the distance between the sides of the frame corresponding to the width of the tug loop. Across the frame, midway of its length, is abar f, corresponding to the bearing formed by the arms (Z (Z, and upon which is hung a tongue D. The upper end of the tongue is adapted to rest upon the upper part of the frame.

between the buckle and loop, the space he tween the arms permitting the introduction and operation of the tongue. The lower end of the buckle-frame is curved outward, so that when the buckle is attached to the supportingstrap the loop may hang in the proper position. The supporting-strap is passed through the upper part of the buckle from the rear, and when adjusted to the proper position and engaged by the tongue the free end is returned between the lower part of the frame and the loop, the lower part of the frame serving as a tug-loop, and the strap between the frame and tug-loop prevents metal contact between the two, which would be objectionable.

I do not claim, broadly, a harness-tug loop made from metal, in two parts, combined with a buckle hinged therein, as such, I am aware, is not new.

I claim The combination of a buckle having a central cross bar made as an integral part thereof, a tongue hinged to the bar and so as to bear upon one end of the buckle-frame, a metal tug-loop composed of two parts A 13, each part constructed at its upper end with an upward projection c, the said projections each having two upwardly-projecting arms alike on both parts, each of said arms constructed with ahorizontal semicircular groove upon the adjacent faces of the two parts and adapted to embrace the cross-bar of the buckle as a hinge and eachside the tongue, the said two parts of the loop constructed with a like downward projection a on each part, and each of said projections a having a like transverse slot through it, which together form the loop for the strap, the said two partsof the loop set and riveted together, substantially as described.

SAMUEL D. HARRIS.

\Vitnesses:

FRED O. EARLE, J. H. SHUMWAY. 

